Aria vs Banana Study
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aria
This AI-powered assistant integrates tasks, calendars, reminders, and notes into a single platform. It offers intelligent scheduling, routine building, and daily briefings to streamline your day. Advanced features include AI-driven task suggestions from various file types and a unique knowledge mapping system.
- AI-powered task and event creation
- Daily and weekly briefings
- Lock Screen and Dynamic Island timer
- AI-driven task suggestions from files
- Integrated notes and knowledge mapping
- Cross-device synchronization
- Routine building and countdowns
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Your tasks. Your calendar. Just say it. Aria is an AI assistant and planner that keeps your to-do list, calendar, reminders and notes in one place. Plan your schedule, build routines and count down to the days that matter, without switching apps. “Finish the report by Friday, team meeting tomorrow at 3 pm.” One sentence. One task, one event. Morning. Only what matters. A briefing of two or three sentences: today’s events and what to do first. You can listen to it, too. Start your first task with a single timer. The time left stays on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Daytime. As it comes to mind. Ramble, and Aria splits it into task suggestions you can add all at once. A photo, a shared screenshot or a PDF: Aria finds the dates and suggests reminders. What you can’t miss rings as an alarm, even in Silent mode or a Focus. Evening. Move the rest to tomorrow. See what’s left and what’s overdue, then reschedule it all in one go. At the end of the week, the Weekly Briefing looks back on tasks, routines and mood. Tasks and calendar, on one screen. • Today, Upcoming, Someday and Inbox, with Day, 3-Day, Week and Month views • Drag a task onto the grid to schedule it; type “tomorrow 3 pm” and it’s understood • Repeating tasks, subtasks, categories and an Eisenhower Matrix • Routines with streaks, and a step-by-step routine timer • D-day countdowns and widgets, deadline alerts that step up, arrive-and-leave reminders • Your device calendar alongside, and sync with the Reminders app Notes that become knowledge. • Scraps: notes, links and files in one place. Time Capsule (Aria Pro): this day, 1 week to 1 year ago. • Synapse: people, topics and ideas linked into a map. Search by meaning. • Memory: what you tell Aria carries into the next chat; review, edit or delete it in Settings. iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac. Home and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center and the Action button, Siri and Shortcuts, the Apple Watch app and the Mac menu bar. Sign in with Apple and every device shares the same notes. In English and Korean. AI and your data • Aria tells you what goes where and asks for your consent before using AI: Anthropic (Claude) handles chat, briefings, organizing and Synapse; OpenAI embeddings power search by meaning. Attached photos and files are included. Withdraw consent anytime in Settings › AI. • Only what a request needs is sent, encrypted, without your account ID or email. Neither Aria nor its AI providers train AI models on your data. • No ads in the app. Ad measurement can be turned off in Settings › Privacy Policy. • Start without an account, and delete your account and data in the app. Aria Pro subscription • Tasks, calendar, Scraps and Synapse are free, and you get 20 AI questions a day for free, refilled daily. • Aria reads attached photos to make tasks, free plan included. Aria Pro raises AI to 200 questions a day. A daily fair-use limit applies. • Aria Pro also adds more than one alarm per task, Remind until it’s done, Fill free time with tasks, Weekly report & stats, Time Capsule, 6 personal themes, Overnight recap, and Plan my prep for D-days. Web lookups, including Look it up, are 3 a day on the free plan and 10 on Aria Pro. • Monthly or yearly plans that renew automatically. Prices appear in your local currency before you buy, and if a free trial is available, it’s shown on the purchase screen. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the trial ends, or at purchase if there is no trial. A subscription renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://letsaria.com/en/privacy.html Developer: Lipson Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea · support@letsaria.com
Banana Study
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Do you often get distracted when studying alone? Banana Study is a cam study app where you study with cute banana characters. ■ Study side-by-side with Bananas Your camera view and the Bananas' room are shown side-by-side. It's like sitting together in a study cafe, allowing you to focus solely on studying while watching the Bananas. ■ Get instant alerts when your focus wavers On-device face recognition detects moments of distraction like leaving your seat, drowsiness, or looking away. The Bananas react first, helping you regain focus. Captured video never leaves your device and is never stored on a server. ■ Visualize your study progress After studying, your focus time and focus rate for the day are recorded. The past 12 weeks of records show darker for longer focused days, letting you review your study habits at a glance. ■ How focus rate is calculated Focus Rate = Focused Time ÷ Total Study Time. Time spent distracted or away from your seat while the timer is running is excluded; only actual focused time is included in the calculation. ■ Recommended for those who: - Get easily distracted when studying alone - Want to track their study habits with data - Seek a study cafe ambiance for better concentration - Want motivation from cute characters Start your study session with the Bananas today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Banana Study at none against Aria's 2. Banana Study also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Aria sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Banana Study asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Aria | Banana Study |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | (주)립슨 | JAEMIN LEE |
In-app purchases
Aria
- Aria Pro Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Aria Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Banana Study
No in-app purchases









